Theo Verelst Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Well, I did my Kurzweil smooth impressions a while ago (other thread for who cares), and certainly enjoyed listening to most artists mentioned in this thread, and in fact there's suddenly a lot of what has been called Contemporary Instrumentals on WBGO radio (obviously for me over the internet, I don't live and never have lived in NY, I have been A WBGO member a while though) which I recorded in reasonably playable mp3 some weeks ago. Still these types of play lists can be found on the Sunday program: LOVE MAKES IT BETTER Artist: GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. Disk: A SECRET PLACE Label: VERVE SERIOUS BUSINESS Artist: JAZZ FUNK SOUL Disk: JAZZ FUNK SOUL Label: SHANACHIE TOUCH AND GO Artist: JAZZMASTERS Disk: VI Label: TRIPPIN N RHYTHM NO GREATER LOVE Artist: GEORGE DUKE Disk: ILLUSIONS Label: WARNER BROS. UNFORGETTABLE Artist: GEORGE BENSON Disk: INSPIRATION Label: CONCORD FREE Artist: ALTHEA RENE Disk: IN THE FLOW Label: TRIPPIN N RHYTHM 2 FOR 10,000 Artist: PAUL JACKSON, JR. Disk: LAY IT BACK Label: BRANCH JETSETTER Artist: JT PROJECT Disk: UNDER THE COVERS Label: JTPROJECT.COM EXPRESS Artist: B.T. EXPRESS Disk: DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) Label: UNIDISC CHAMELEON 3000 Artist: BOB BALDWIN Disk: TWENTY Label: CITY SKETCHES LOVE WILL FIND A WAY Artist: GEORGE HOWARD Disk: DANCING IN THE SUN Label: GRP SUN TOUCH Artist: HERBIE HANCOCK Disk: MAN-CHILD Label: COLUMBIA LEGACY IT'S ALL GOOD Artist: BONEY JAMES Disk: SWEET THING Label: WARNER BROS. MY EYES (ORGANIC MIX) Artist: PETE BELASCO Disk: LIGHTS ON Label: PETEBELASCO.COM FLIGHT TIME Artist: DOANALD BYRD Disk: BLACK BYRD Label: BLUE NOTE ELEGANT NIGHTS Artist: GREGG KARUKAS Disk: SOUL SECRETS Label: NIGHTOWL THE MISTLETOE AND ME Artist: ISAAC HAYES Disk: IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN Label: STAX AFTER HOURS (THE ANTIDOTE) Artist: RONNY JORDAN Disk: THE ANTIDOTE Label: 4TH & B'WAY RETRO FORWARD Artist: ERIC DARIUS Disk: RETRO FORWARD Label: SHANACHIE TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE Artist: EARTH, WIND & FIRE Disk: LAST DAYS IN TIME Label: COLUMBIA SHOT IN THE DARK Artist: FOUR 80 EAST Disk: ROLL ON Label: NATIVE LANGUAGE KICKIN' IT UP Artist: GERALD ALBRIGHT Disk: KICKIN' IT UP Label: GRP SHARP A STRUT Artist: CINDY BRADLEY Disk: BLISS Label: TRIPPIN N RHYTHM GET ON THE GOOD FOOT Artist: JAMES BROWN Disk: STAR TIME Label: POLYDOR BANG BANG Artist: DAVID SANBORN Disk: THEN AGAIN Label: WARNER BROS./RHINO BY THE BAY Artist: CAL HARRIS, JR. Disk: SHELTER ISLAND Label: CHI INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE Artist: ANITA BAKER Disk: CHRISTMAS FANTASY Label: BLUE NOTE RAINBOW VISIONS Artist: THE CRUSADERS Disk: THE GOLDEN YEARS Label: GRP MINTY FRESH Artist: STEVE COLE Disk: PULSE Label: ARTISTRY SOMEBOSSA (SUMMER BREEZIN') Artist: AL JARREAU Disk: MY OLD FRIEND Label: CONCORD EL DORADO Artist: BONA FIDE Disk: THE POE HOUSE Label: N-CODED ONE MORE TIME Artist: FATTBURGER Disk: LIVING IN PARADISE Label: ENIGMA FOR THE LOVE OF YOU Artist: CANDY DULFER Disk: THE BEST OF Label: N2K ENCODED REMIND ME Artist: RAGAN WHITESIDE Disk: QUANTUM DRIVE Label: RANDIS SEVEN YEARS OF GOOD LUCK Artist: JOE SAMPLE Disk: SPELLBOUND Label: WARNER BROS. SLEIGH RIDE Artist: JONATHAN BUTLER Disk: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU Label: ARTISTRY CAN I GET A.... Artist: VARIOUS Disk: DEF JAZZ Label: GRP A LITTLE WES Artist: EDDIE HARRIS Disk: INSTANT DEATH Label: ATLANTIC SUPER STRUT Artist: DEODATO Disk: DEODATO 2 Label: CTI AMAZING GAME Artist: MINDI ABAIR Disk: WILD HEART Label: HEADS UP NOTORIOUS Artist: RICK BRAUN Disk: BODY AND SOUL Label: BLUEMOON ALL ALONE Artist: GOTA Disk: IT'S SO DIFFERENT HERE Label: INSTINCT PIECE OF MIND Artist: IDRIS MUHAMMAD Disk: POWER OF SOUL Label: CTI/EPIC LEGACY GIBRALTAR Artist: STANLEY TURRENTINE Disk: SALT SONG Label: CTI Of course I tend to more fusion components, but then again there's jazz and funk and it's nice *music*, which cannot easily be said about certain modern products... T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Verelst Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Fourplay Greatest Hits 2012 Jazz - Freedom at Midnight by David Benoit Joe Sample ♪Sermonized♪ https://youtu.be/5DcXg-uMjXc Everette Harp - When I Think Of You https://youtu.be/8pLP2AZPftA TOM COSTER & CARLOS SANTANA rick braun - hollywood and vine https://youtu.be/lklbuEBpitE Jeff Lorber & George Duke - Tune 88 The Rippingtons - Live in L.A. These are some of the links I'd saved, a Pat Metheny link was dead. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-missRichardTee Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Reezekeys - I agree with what you've written. There's a special place in my heart for smooth jazz...a smooth jazz band convinced me to pick up my instrument again after my brutal divorce. The problem with vocabulary is of course the need to clarify definitions. Music genre labels are notoriously ambiguous. Miles' "Human Nature" was in rotation on smooth jazz radio with Fourplay's "Bali Run", right along with Kenny Gorelick. So what's in a label? Certainly a large bit of the genre today can be described as "instrumental R&B". But you could spin Chris Potter's "Invisible Man" or Kenny Wheeler's "Ma Belle Helene" and either would offer Theo a good challenge for his "smooth" project. This will be brief, and to some, will seem like a non sequitur , but I will ask this question: Can a player play the notes within the Blues Scale(s) ( there are more than one ) yet NOT have any true Blues feeling? I think the answer to that is yes. and I think that "fact" explains why we dislike smooth jazz. I knew Grover, and he was drenched in Blues authenticity. A very different player than Kenny G. You don't have ideas, ideas have you We see the world, not as it is, but as we are. "One mans food is another mans poison". I defend your right to speak hate. Tolerance to a point, not agreement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Verelst Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 If by some higher force we feel compelled to compose, play, or record a Blues song, the knowledge commonly used in "smooth jazz" in my opinion won't be a difficult or annoying memory. The blues scales in SJ are a limited set of jazz blues scales as I perceive it. Production wise SJ walks the edge of boring popularizing too much, but in some cases on purpose. Maybe tge hinting at blues feels is all that is intended, and I don't think that diminishes the impact of blues. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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